breakage : Microsoft has confirmed programme to bring four of its exclusive game to the other consoles as part of plans to grow the franchises .
In amuch - anticipatedepisode of The Offical Xbox Podcast ( which you may see below ) Xbox chief Phil Spencer corroborate recent reports and speculation , but would n’t define which games will cross the traditional cabinet watershed .
importantly , and contrary to recent hearsay , Spencer did sayStarfieldand the forthcomingIndiana Jones titlewill not lose their exclusivity .
Other rumoured games include Sea of Thieves , Hi - Fi Rush , and tenacious - time favourites like Gears of War and Halo . However , Spencer enjoin the identity element of the first four games will be revealed in due course . There are no further promise beyond the initial offering .
Spencer opened the show by saying : “ We ’ve made the determination we ’re going to take four games to the other consoles . Just four game , not a modification of our primal exclusive strategy . We ’re making these decisions for some specific reason . We make every decision with the long - term wellness of Xbox in thinker . ”
“ And the long - term wellness of Xbox think of a growing platform , our games performing , establish the best platform for creators and reaching as many player as we can . This is an interesting point in time for us to use what some of the other platforms have right now to assist grow our francises . So we ’re going to do that . ”
“ I ’m not move to name those games . The teams that are hold those game have [ to be ] announced plans that are not too far away … So I do n’t want to take anything away from those teams . I wo n’t be verbalise about the deed specifically . ”
Spencer say the games selected for expansion on the other cabinet , presumptively both PlayStation and Nintendo consoles , are all over a year old .
A twosome of them are residential district - driven games , first iterations of franchise that have reached their full potential on Xbox and PC . Spencer said Microsoft wants to continue to invest in those franchises , so the expansion to non - undivided platforms will help raise the necessary stock to do that .
He said the other two game were smaller , but were n’t built to be Microsoft exclusive . Again , Spencer reckons they have reached their potential on Xbox and PC .
Spencer warned gamers on non - Xbox platform “ not to take this as a preindication that everything ’s coming . It ’s not . ”
